Plus, the potential health risks that come with it.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are using a $2.27 million grant to study how estrogen prevents bone loss and osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is ...

Women are more likely to have osteoporosis than men, and it often starts around menopausal age. Menopause also lowers estrogen levels, which can contribute to brittle, weakened bones. Your healthcare ...

A supply issue is leaving many women scrambling to get their estrogen patches each month, adding to the anxiety they already ...

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones, making them brittle and prone to fracture. Taking the hormone estradiol can reverse these effects, but it may also increase endometrial ...

Treatment for osteoporosis also may help prevent gum disease, according to new UB research that examined the prevalence of periodontitis in postmenopausal women. The study revealed that women over the ...

Do you have questions about osteoporosis? Osteoporosis, or porous bones, is a disease that causes bones to become weak and break easily. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...